Meet Cagney a 12 year old German Shepherd/Blue Heeler mix. Cagney and I have been fighting with one another since the day she was brought into the vet clinic where I work. Half dead from parvo I helped save her life and I was rewarded the next morning by her eating her IV line and barking non stop. Her previous owners never came back for her (somedays I understand why
) and so we took our fighting back to my house. She's now 12 years old, still gets into the trash, even will push my step stool up to the counter to eat things off of it. Yes it's true I've seen her do it.
She steals my covers and pillows when it's cold out, stands over DH giving him the evil eye some nights, and has been known to lead an annoying puppy into the woods and come back without it at the dog park.
She busted out of every crate possible when she was a puppy and sheds black hair on white things and white hair on dark things on purpose I'm sure of it. She also holds a CKC (canine good citizen award) heels on command and sits and stays forever if I ask her to. She once was an award winning agility dog and puts up with my 4 year old putting bows on her head. She's well mannered and socialized, but by no means a perfect dog. She's the kind of dog you go get when you want to be knocked off your high horse.
I love her!
Meet Rayne my Rottweiler/lab. She has middle child syndrome. Starts arguements and then acts like she was never involved. We once figured she's eaten at least $3k worth of shoes and other odds and ends. She once ate a $100 check along with instructions for a rare cross stitch pattern.
She's a few clowns short of a circus and is well known for the "Rayne dance" where she spins in a circle and jumps up and down. In her first obedience class I put her on a sit/stay and she sat and then scooted over to me. Now what do you do with that?
She's been known to bring in a "poopsicle" during the winter and leave it on the floor once it starts to defrost for me to step in.
If you toss a treat in the air to her she opens her mouth a full three seconds too early and always misses. She gets stuck in the oddest places and sheds non stop. I figure she's too simple to know to stop.
She's the best snuggle buddy, walks nicely on a leash, does sit when asked, doesn't bark non stop and has minds her manners when out and about. She's simple and I love her dearly.
Meet Celie. She is the only pure bred dog I've owned. A cute little French bulldog that was rescued from a shelter and is an ex breeder. She has bad gas, goes outside and eats a bunch of grass and comes in and vomits on my couch. She snores, snots and belches in your face. She's a shameless attention hog and will try and jump on your lap when you're in the potty.
She has allergies and requires special food and is a pooping machine. For all she's been through before we found her she's a very loving dog that walked right into a house with 2 established dogs and a 4 year old and acted like she's been here her whole life. She might smell a bit funny but we love her anyway.
I tried, I really did, but the only dog she ever accepted was the dog I had before her and I think she tolerated him because he was here first. 
he has been to puppy school but honestly the guy is still a pup and prone to wildness at times. he's sweet as can be and a complete goof ball... stepping on feet & tail swatting can be painful 
I am glad, however, that he did not do this to the front entry way door. We opted to not have the door replaced while he was still with us. But, now we can get this taken care of.
